Sasha Jovanovic
Sasha Jovanovic
CEO & Transformation Lead
Special Sauce
Recognised global authority on change and transformation
Highly awarded transformation program leader
Author of ‘Change Makers - Leadership Hacking from Henchman to Hero’
Education
RMIT
Executive MBA, 2014
University of Adelaide
BA Soc Sc Anthro Hon, 2002
Certs & Skills
Prosci [ADKAR] certified practitioner
PCI Certified Practitioner & Coach
Prince2 Certiified
Learning & development specialist
Corporate communications expertise
Strong data harvest and analysis competencies
Languages
English
Serbian
Croatian
Bosnian
Macedonian
Slovene
Key Clients & Engagements
Telia Company | Change Evangelist | 2018 Stockholm, Sweden
November 2019 - Current
M&A Transaction for the sale of Telia Carrier
Change management and project leadership competency uplift
Organisational leadership diagnostics
Responsibilities & Key Achievements
Carve out of Telia Carrier from group Telia Company
Raise change competency of project execution community
Establish PMO without traditional governance structures
Pilot and roll out of OKRs
Establish framework and facilitate management team strategic planning, board presentations, and translation back into organisational strategic objectives
Manulife | Head of Transformation | 2020 Hong Kong, SAR
April 2019 - November 2019
Establish a regional change management practice
Support digitalisation programme and POS uplift
Design new market entry strategy and develop a team to deliver
Responsibilities & Key Achievements
Establish a regional Change & Transformation practice across 11 markets (countries)
Support COO and management team of Malaysia relaunch with digital first customers and partner focus
Develop a team of Project Managers and Change Managers on new market and digital uplift initiatives across Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia and Hong Kong
Established corporate communications competency for the delivery function
University of Melbourne | Head of Change | 2020 Melbourne, Australia
August 2018 - April 2019
Resourcing and support of all major programs
Waterfall to Agile change in IT team
Responsibilities & Key Achievements
Develop the Change Management practice in Australia’s largest public tertiary education portfolio
Support the Waterfall to Agile transformation of the IT team and ancillary verticals
Manage resource vendor relationships
Capability uplift of 12 change resources
HSBC | Head of PMO & Transformation | 2013 Hong Kong, SAR
November 2017 - July 2018
Establish a program level PMO
Develop a transformation program team
Sustain internal project leadership competencies
Responsibilities & Key Achievements
Establish PMO for a USD $70m pensions administration transformation
Manage a strictly audited project delivery function across UK, Hong Kong and China
Technical management of 3,000+ lines of MSP, later split into individual workstream programs with cross dependencies across streams
Delivered key contract milestones ahead of schedule
Maersk | Strategic Change Lead | 2016 Copenhagen, Denmark
July 2016 - November 2017
Design and delivery of ERP transformation
Localisation of change plans across 120 global jurisdictions
Responsibilities & Key Achievements
Established the Business Change Office under the Chief Strategy Office portfolio
Worked at the group level across multiple brands and markets
Responsible for the Digital Simplification agenda
Defined the Benefits Realisation strategy, tracking and reporting mechanism
Established a global change network and lead the team for project execution of a major ERP implementation
Established a community of practice, both internally amongst group companies and intra-vendor/partner in Copenhagen
Practical support during the not-Petya attack and later with defining global disaster recovery planning
Telstra | Global Finance Change Lead | 2015 Melbourne, Australia
February 2015 - July 2016
Finance ERP transformation with full change practice purview including communications and training
Transition to BAU strategy
Responsibilities & Key Achievements
Responsible for a team of change managers, learning and development resources on an SAP implementation
Developed a Transition to BAU strategy to support implementation and benefits realisation
RMIT University | Advisory Board | 2014 Melbourne, Australia
August 2014 - November 2017
Industry advisory capacity to the RMIT board
Responsibilities & Key Achievements
Strategy and support for achieving EPAS EFMD accreditation placing RMIT in the top 3 of Australian Universities
Deakin University | Head of Change | 2012 Melbourne, Australia
October 2012 - August 2013
Design and delivery of tele-teaching solution utilising Office 365
Responsibilities & Key Achievements
Implememented Office 365 as a teaching and learning solution impacting 8,000 FTE staff and 50,000 students globally
Recognised for Global Best Practice for Office 365 implementation
Medibank | Head of Change | 2010 Melbourne, Australia
August 2012 - September 2019
M&A Transaction of the asset [2nd largest in Australia]
Change leadership across the IT portfolio of programs
Responsibilities & Key Achievements
Lead a team of change, project, training and communications specialists\
Delivered on a $50m ERP implementation
Minimised talent attrition during a time of public listing, Australia second largest asset sale
Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 2002 Change Lead | Sydney, Australia
January 2007 - August 2012
Senior change leader across multiple transformation initiatives including the Activity Based Working implementation
Develop and deliver curriculum for a skills uplift with the outcome of increased collaboration and productivity through the adoption of digital tools
Responsibilities & Key Achievements
Recognised in the Australian Community Contribution Award for the programs delivered in the Commonwealth Bank Foundation raising financial literacy amongst 100,000 school children
Prior Experience | Division Head
Hoyts/Village, Property Rental Network, Frank Team, RCS Limited